Arthur Henry Brown
Life
Born: 24 July 1830, Brentwood, Essex, England
Died: 15 February 1926, Brentwood, Essex, England
Biography
A self-taught musician, Brown began playing the organ at the age 10. He was organist of the Brentwood Parish Church, Essex (1842-53); St. Edward’s, Romford (1853-58); Brentwood Parish Church (1858-88); St. Peter’s Church, South Weald (from 1889); and Sir Anthony Browne’s School (to 1926). A member of the London Gregorian Association, he helped assemble the Service Book for the annual festival in St. Paul’s Cathedral. He supported the Oxford Movement, and pioneered the restoration of plainchant and Gregorian music in Anglican worship.
List of choral works
- Come, ye faithful, raise the strain
- Just as I am, without one plea
- O death, where is thy sting?
- The angel said unto them, fear not
- The day is past and over
- What shall I render
- When Christ was born of Mary free
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Publications
External links
A short biography from Cyber Hymnal